The Vortex

In The Vortex, Coward explores the darker side of the cocktail party set. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and shattered relationships are minutely observed in this disturbing, early piece from a playwright whose sharp eye was usually more turned towards the light.

• Noël CowardWriter
• Philip DudleyDirector

• Margaret LeightonFlorence Lancaster
• Alan MelvillePawnie
• Patrick BarrDavid Lancaster
• Jennifer DanielHelen Saville
• Richard WarwickNicky Lancaster
• Felicity GibsonBunty Mainwaring
• Barry JusticeTom Veryan
• Nancie JacksonClara Hibbert
• David McKailBruce Fairlight
• Patricia MortPreston